The Program is a drama movie based on the true story of cyclist Lance Armstrong and his journey to becoming a seven-time Tour de France champion. The film explores the intense competitiveness in the world of professional sports, the suspicion of doping, and the investigation that ultimately led to Armstrong's downfall.
A huge doping scandal erupted at the 2001 cross-country skiing world championship in Lahti, Finland, leading to large numbers of disqualifications. Athletes from the host country in particular had made generous use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. It was to be the precursor of more drug cases at the Winter Olympics a year later in Salt Lake City. When Heroes Lie analyzes the history of doping from the 1970s to the present day, using archive footage and interviews with skiers, coaches and experts.
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